Badal Singh

Combining Ability and Genetic Analysis of Grain Yield and its Component Traits in Maize Lines Differing in Turcicum Leaf Blight (TLB) Response

Susmita Cherukuri, Vipparthi Hemalatha, Kondajji Rangappa Yathish, Chikkappa Gangadhar Karjagi, Mallikarjuna N, Prema G U, Rakesh Kumar Develash, Omkar Kumar, Sunil Neelam, Sushil Pandey, Jyoti Kumari, Sherry Rachel Jacob & Badal Singh · Journal of Advances in Biology & Biotechnology · 2025

The present study employed a 9 × 9 half-diallel mating design to estimate GCA and SCA effects among TLB-contrasting maize inbred lines, enabling the precise identification of superior parents and hybrid combinations for yield enhancement. Nine inbred lines were crossed during rab...